IBTSOME Chapter 32 Part 2: Tea

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 32 Part 1: Tea

 

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The servant on the side saw that Wangye and Wangfei was already seated, and calmly cleared his throat to remind the stunned Shizi and Shizi Consort that it was time to act. Gu Cheng Yao returned to his senses, lowered his gaze, lifted his robe and bowed down to Lin Wei Xi: "Father and mother please receive this son’s worship, this son pay respect to you."

 

Gao Ran also knelt down: "Father, mother."

 

Lin Wei Xi only needs to lower her eyes to see Gu Cheng Yao and Gao Ran kneeling in front of her, with their hands on the ground and their foreheads firmly on the backs of their hands. This was a very standard kowtow ceremony. Lin Wei Xi barely managed controlling herself not to laugh. She deliberately pretended to be serious and let them kneeled for a while, but Gu Hui Yan didn’t understand Lin Wei Xi's careful thoughts and said in a deep voice, "Get up."

 

Lin Wei Xi was very regretful, but she knew that the future is long, and the days when these two people would kowtow to her were still plenty, there was really no need to entangle it this time. Lin Wei Xi smiled at the thought of this, and said, "I am not that much older than Shizi and Shizi Consort. I’m really ashamed to receive such big ceremony from you. Get up."

 

Hearing this Wan Xing couldn't help but criticize. Miss, although you said this, you are sitting more securely than anyone else, which shows that you are not really ashamed. Even Wan Xing could think like this, Gu Cheng Yao felt weird in his heart, and how angry Gao Ran was, one could well imagined.

 

Gu Hui Yan turned his face to glanced at Lin Wei Xi, and said, "What do you mean that you are not much older than them? You are even younger than them."

 

Lin Wei Xi was holding an elder’s attitude, but it was distroyed by Yan Wang in a blink of an eye. She glared at Gu Hui Yan with a little annoyance: "Wangye, we are facing the junior."

 

Okay, Gu Hui Yan didn't argue with Lin Wei Xi anymore, but turned around and lightly said, "It’s the truth."

 

Of course Lin Wei Xi pretended not to hear. Kneeling on the ground, Gao Ran realized that the two of them were chatting like nobody else present, as if the people in front of them didn’t exist. Gao Ran felt a little humiliated and embarrassed. When she thought that she would have to pay respect to Lin Wei Xi every day, she was immediately furious and desperate, faintly felt pain in her heart, liver and lung.

 

Gu Hui Yan and Lin Wei Xi both said to get up, but there was still one etiquette that had not been completed. As a junior, you must not get up without permission. Gu Cheng Yao was still kneeling, straightened up to take a tea cup from the maid beside him, raised it to his eyebrows. He fixed his gaze on the table and chair patterns, refused to look at Lin Wei Xi: "Mother, this son offering you the tea."

 

Previously after the wedding of Gu Cheng Yao and Gao Ran, because Shen Wangfei had passed away and Yan Wang was not in the house, their tea ceremony was delayed. Later, Yan Wang returned from the north, and Gao Ran made up the ceremony of offering tea from daughter-in-law on the day she met Yan Wang. Gu Hui Yan at that time took the tea and put it down. Although a bit cold, but the tea cup was accepted. However, Gu Hui Yan was only a father, and Gao Ran’s tea offering to her mother-in-law had not settled.

 

If there was no mistress in the mansion, Gao Ran serving a cup of tea to Shen Wangfei’s tablet would be considered finished, and Gao Ran had already done this. However, Yan Wang later married a new Wangfei, and Lin Wei Xi became Gao Ran's new mother-in-law. In this way, the remaining half of the tea ceremony could not be omitted.

 

Newlywed couples offered tea to their parents to show that they would serve their parents to eat meals and drink tea after marriage and do their utmost to be filial. Gu Cheng Yao took the lead in raising the tea cup over his eyebrows, Lin Wei Xi snorted inwardly, condescendingly took the tea cup, and said: "Your filial piety I remember it. In the future, you must study diligently and carefully consider the way to treats people, you must unite your words and deeds, and always reflect on yourself."

 

It was common for parents to give lectures during tea ceremony. This was of course for the good of the children, but these few sentences of Lin Wei Xi made people who listened wanted to gnash their teeth.

 

Gu Cheng Yao's expression remained unchanged, and he faintly agreed. Lin Wei Xi didn't want to drink the tea that Gu Cheng Yao had brought up. She lifted the tea cover and put it down, refused to even take a sip. Gu Hui Yan certainly saw Lin Wei Xi's unconcealed hostility towards Gu Cheng Yao, but he actually already knew it since they were in Shunde Prefecture. Perhaps something once revealed there was no threat. Gu Hui Yan saw this scene actually accepted it without surprise.

 

Obviously Gu Cheng Yao also expected it, so he was not surprised at all. Gao Ran at the side secretly sneered, in public dared to not give Shizi some face, Lin Wei Xi this outsider, just wait to die! Even though Yan Wang and Shizi were calm now, but in their heart certainly cared about it, so without Gao Ran doing anything, Lin Wei Xi's image already greatly reduced.

 

Gao Ran's smile became more sincere. She took the tea cup from the maid and handed it to Lin Wei Xi gently and softly: "Wangfei, daughter-in-law is offering you the tea."

 

Gao Ran concealed the strength in her hands, but Lin Wei Xi have not received it, rather asked, "What did you call me?"

 

Gao Ran smiled stiffly: "Wangfei..."

 

Very good, Lin Wei Xi lightly snorted and turned to look at Gu Hui Yan: "Wangye, look at her!"

 

Gu Hui Yan did not move his eyebrows, but his eyes softened, obviously holding back a smile. Gu Cheng Yao genuinely felt helpless, towards Gao Ran, towards this naive stepmother, and towards his father.

 

Gu Cheng Yao also felt that Lin Wei Xi's tactics were so obvious that people couldn't bear to look directly, but he couldn't stand Lin Wei Xi's willingness to make trouble, and his father's tolerance that let her make trouble. It was obvious Gu Hui Yan was on Lin Wei Xi’s side. In fact, even after Gu Cheng Yao grew up so big, he had never seen anyone daring to hang around in front of Gu Hui Yan, except for Lin Wei Xi.

 

Since his father was willing to indulge, Gu Cheng Yao really had nothing to say, but the person Lin Wei Xi targeted was his wife! Harmony was the most important thing in the family, and the estrangement between Lin Wei Xi and Gao Ran would only get deeper and deeper. Gu Cheng Yao had no choice but to stand up and say, "Mother, Gao Ran is not malicious, she just thought you would like this title better."

 

Lin Wei Xi snorted: "I don't like it. Even Wangye didn't call me like that. Why are you?"

 

Gu Hui Yan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lin Wei Xi meaningfully, with a smile in his eyes. Gu Hui Yan had a look of watching a play. Gao Ran had no way to release her anger, she could only follow Gu Cheng Yao’s steps and said: "Shizi is right, I only thought mother would like to be called Wangfei that’s all. Since mother doesn't like it, then daughter-in-law will no longer call it that way."

 

Lin Wei Xi was comforted by this mother's call. She was in a good mood, so she didn't continue to make things difficult: "Since you show your filial piety, then mother understand, of course, I will try my best to teach you, ah..."

 

When Lin Wei Xi took Gao Ran's tea, her hand suddenly shook, and a whole cup of hot tea was splashed on Gao Ran and Gu Cheng Yao.

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